Counting-machine.



A. VON EARTH, comma MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED OUT; 6, 1908. 1,060,884. v Patented May 6,1913. P

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Patented May 6, 19 13.

a SHEETS-SHEET yfllmmmmmmw F Q- a g Inventor A. VGN BARTH.

I COUNTING MAGHINE; V I f APPLIOATIION FILED 0016,1908. 1,060,884. Patented May 6,1913.

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i "packageslofione hundred.

p 30 In this way of course any Barnum {we iaanrm'or YORK, N; Y,

again "To all time it am I a: citiz efiofthe 'U tdj pstates, residing in 3 k'an'd State -.New.

the city-of vNew I '8. York-,-; (former1y he;. city of Allegheny and; state o'f Pennsylvania,) haveinvented certain new and. useful Improvements in' 'Couiiti ig-Machipes; or which the following for counting paper-money such :as currency i sf alth s e arbe qu ly usef f r t other ,kmds .of1bil1s'..-.or for. paper" or similar 116- articles; FlfiClLilGQdJO be counted,

' lso' relatestoa-iportion or 'djunct of A such -;1 nacliines for bun hing or'packing the or,.obj'ects .ingbundlesf of 'anyde'sired f .j'-'-.;--numh er,\ fl orexample themachine may be f usedffor-counting'jdollarbills and-the bunch- 5 deyicen-maiytseryei to bundle" them in machine may 'fbe [An qbject'hereof is to 'so operate npon an" indefinite' coliimnrorsupply "of 'bills as to V eglfegalteand cou'nt a number. of them; segregate in-the'sense of separating-the count-.

' 1 edfromw-the rest or as t"were-make them into'an'i'solated'group; andin the saine act I count='those bills-so-grouped" or segregated.

quantity of bills can be counted Othefiobjects'will be stated hereinafter ahd 'still others will be understood;

-..;=i;I-us'e a hollow suction member or cylim der, with a longitudinal slot, by which I m- CIude'a-roW-of openings, through which the suction-acts. The details will be fullyhere ported,'and B represehts 'a -'ert--ical wall ar;

7' inafter explained; p

Ifwill' first describe one form of machine in which my invention may be -embodiecl and w'ill'then set forth the novel features thereof in the; claims. 5 In the accompanying three sheets of drawings which form apart of this specifi- -cation, Figure 1 -is a front elevation of one formof counting machine enibodying my improvements, the invention in this figure being shown as applied to" a single-machine, although its principles can be adapted-' to one for simultaneouslv counting two p les of objects' The figure is complete except ng that thetable legs are broken all, as is also :the exhaust ch'amber or'tnbe and the fan or other exhaust; apparatus for producing an exhaust in said chamber 15 omit-tedas-it Specification'of Letterslatent... p 1 Application filed october 6, i908. Serial No. 45e',s'oa.

T inir'e'ntioii relates to. countingf rnae -ehmee; yand more particularly to -machines number ofbills'al lidifi "Sto count ng portion of the niachme'ywlii'le'the "the drawings,

- showm PatentedMay.6I19i3.--

. specifically-towns -.no part of'm'v invention; Fig. 2 s a rightrhandy side el'evation"'of the machine shown in- Fig.1.. Fig.1?) ls a top "Vi w at the machine shown .in Figs, .1 and or rather so much t-t-hereof'l-a i ho n m 0 -.-thele'ft of theline 3- ;-3.in Fig. 2. Figgfl't' 1S a. perspective- View of the clamp which rej ceii les' the-dt sired number-ofcounted-bills; I

- compresses and wraps the 1 band 'around them;-togetherwitli its bp'eratin rackand 65,

pinion; Fig. '5 represents an e argedtop mew of the devices which atevery'halr' rejvo 'lution effect the counting" of t-he- 'desi1"edping of. the

bunching device comes lfltQ play to "secure jthe coi nted billsgltogether. into a'fbundle:

Fig. 6; 1s a. s de or face-elevation of. the debills in- 't-hisniodificationibeihg elevatedin",- an mchnedrdrrection byitheactio'rfffifa r-f? 'Similarlet-t'ers .ofj reference-represent e01 responding parts t-h several A represents" the main-suction chamber in which a suction or -partialnvacl'ium may be maintained in-any suitable way. 'This 'cham ber may be of-any-coriyen'ient formand-If have shown the. downward lexterisiori at' a, which may be connected with 'afrot-ary fan or' other suction" apparatus which is-not- A represents any suitable base upon which the suction-'chamber'is 'suprangedcentr'ally with, respect to the. base, and the-purpose of-whichis' toforni a support for various other elements of the milf chine hereiiiafter to be described;

C represents a table which is preferably horizontal and' whose purpose is to support in bulk the bills or other objects to be counted, said uncoun'tedbills beipgj shown ate as ."piled up one upon the other forming a coluim1. As the bills are removed one at a time from the-top of the pile, the table C- must be moved yupwardly a corresponding amount, and for this purpose I-have en ployed the following as a convenientform of mechanism. Beneath the table C isa ver-' tical screw shaft- CT which-does not turn but which passes through a threaded nember lllo endless belt carrying V af platform; f' N 80; g i

is" adapted to be rotated through a :gear C,

"formed on orconnected with it so 'that'when the gear' C 1s turned the screw shaft- C.

and 2, the gear Q will be seen to be driven.

' p'a'sse s up through an 'aperturein-fthebase- A. andi-ls-ri'gidly connected toTthe-tahle with'jih? Looking partieula-rly 'at' Figs. "1.

"by a worm s, whichi'worm, is. fast upon? a shaft, 0 saidshaft having bearings .atc, c, in a box=like casting-ct secured to the'under side of the, base A. 'T'he'lscrew shaft 0-;

' Said table as it rises ispre'vented fromjroe ta-tingibyj titer-vertical"guides- 0 of which four are. shown on each side, and --\vhich sprocket heel to one of the clutch parts upcnlthe: main chamber A having-.1 hearings 'inits-walls.

.' trical arrangement will suffice, such for ex=' tromagnets f shaft hereafter to be described-: v. m dri i g '-su h s exact location .is "not .matenal, 1s, provided,

shaft -'for" jconvenience' passes through the On the shaft is a'clutchfwhich may-be of any desired. species.- As shown, said; clutch has a middle part B, SEQ-Fig. 2, whichjrotates with the shaft'butiscapable'of move ment "lengthwise. of the: a shaft, referably-- through a key andv slot de vlceo the. wellknown form. Said clutchpartE has means for moving it lengthwise so that when moved inone direction itwill' cause the performance of one setof operations and when moved the reverse direction, it will cause the-performance of other operations. In order to cause the movements of the-clutch part F any convenient mechanical-or elec-I ample as the lever F, having a'fork f at its extremity and pivoted at f, extending beyond the pivot to a point f into which currents of electricity can be directed alternately to cause alternate or opposite movements of; the leVer, and: thereby "cause lengthwlsemovements in opposlte direction to the clutch The clutch part F cooperates with the twoiclutch partsG and H between which it is-located, and is adapted to actuate one or .the other according to the relative position of the parts; I clutch part F is that of a truncated-cone on 'each side,and each of the clutch parts G and H is made concave of the same form,

iwhich contains screw threads' and which The] shaft 0 contains. at .its extremity. a

" secured. thereto, .aboutwhose To move the: end 1 of said lever, electrical devices "may be used, such'for example as the elec- "The exterior. form of the 'so as'to a fiord'the most advantageousstirface to be: driven. by .friction. The -clutch "Brides the billktransjterring--'devices herem will gradually elevate and carry tlie table after to' .be .descr'bed, while the part H c'on-' 1F? and the connection-between the motor and. the shaft-is shown as a worm' F on'the motor shaft engaged with a-geaiy-Ff oii-th'e driving shafl:- E.-

with said shaft" only when. the clutch parts -F and G a-rel-1n '-f1 '1'ct1onal engagement: and;

' s'a ids leeue '18 provided with a painolf sproc'ketf wheels,- one vloeil'ikg the I sprocket wheel a alreadv mentioned, which has. con- -nections faith the table C-.; The. other The source of power for clrivi'ng'theabove' mentioned'partsincluding the 'shaft'jE 1sing mechanism; These two partst ofi the ma n clnnei w ll be described" in the order .men= 4 shown. for convenience as' an electric. motor Coming-back'to the clutchfpart G,;1 t.1s formed-on or connectedrigidlv witha sleeve that is'loose on shaft E andadapted to turn '5 rocketwheel isjengagedfbyf a sprocket i "cylinder- J extends] ferwardlu and :rear,

contained within the rotating cylinder andalso extending :forwardly 'a ndzba c'ltwardly, being closed at'iits forward end at' Is'the closed end of said suction-cylinder."being suitably supported a s'b v a bolt P, to a frame the vertical guidesri.already.intention-db-' The relation between, the rotating "cylincnliar one and: will now be. described; Said. cylinders are located .directl-v' abovethe-up-k peimos't ofthe column of :uncounted bills, as clearlv seen i'nlFig. 1. Sucticnis maintainedinfthe cylinder I' by-reasou of said cylinder passing through the -wall Bfand chamber A as'seen in dotted lines. Fig.52

to afi'o'rd. communication between the intetion.

The rotating cylinder which is shown as OXIiSltlOOlIj the suctlon c vl1udcr.-1s intended to engage through the operation of suction the rotationjof the cylinder'it'e 51 place remove-:1 from the column of bills, wherefrom it may be conveyed tothe. place where the bills are to be bunched. To enable this operation. the rotating cylinder is formed with a longitudinal slot or a plurality of such" slots, andfor convenience four of them are through-the side-"wall of the ;1nain-:=uction I a i u sald'cylnuler at that end belng open so as J :jasecond sprocket ujl1el. G: -ivhi(-li'is formed, 1on,or rigid wlthln'rotatmgflcyhndc'r J Said.)

wardly near the upper-part of the machine and 1s .supportecbon or .revol'vjesmzcontact with asuction.cylmderI, which is shown as partfAE 'which'is indirectly supported by 'der-J andj-the.- suction cylinder I is'a pe-' rior of the cylinder and'the source of suc- ,4

with the topmost bill and transfer it through d der' is cut-opens to better stat ng. cylinder;

' arrow-7i. .As'the slotj' approaches its lowest A suction being maintained'in the interior,-

- upward direction until it reaches a-po n-t ing again as a valve, automatic ally closes the shown; each 4 slot as the slot; andprevents further operation. of sum "tion through that slot-..

a Fr'om, the- .above; descri same passes the. column of'bi1ls'heing designed to causethe adherence-oi the topmostbill, so thatlfour bills iirill be raised and transferred'successit'ely for ea ch rotation of 5 said. vcylinder. The' slots mentioned are shown at jand as; shown -the-sanie are shorter than the bills,"- although I do not-'liniit-myself in regard to the dimensions of the slots; Fig.- 1. shows the relative relation of the. "slots .7: They 'are; equidistant troin each." other arou-n the circumference of the rotats mg cylinde'r'J In said; Fig- 1, the suction" cylinder I '--is shown in crossTsection as, cutout or open for about half its circmnf'erence,, the other half being closed, and in the top-4 four bills-willfi liftedirdm the top-.ot'the co, umn'a andfcjarried by rota 'tionrfrom that poi-nt'to the uppers de of the cylinder, At this pointit hadjbest be ex succession -'be bills at the 'ilastlnalned' poi-nt,-I have pro- Videdbrle -or'.m ore preferablyfour, belts,- 'rnade of ab'ricfor example, which pass de'r IL- I l1.escv beltsware represented at J and-after passing around'the rotating cylin-. ,der, the sax-nepass around "a-idruifn on drums vieur' of Fig.'3,' 'the saine 1s shown, repre- I I sentingthe line wliereatsaid' suction c ylin-Z It should be explained that in'lsaid Fig.-3, ,the rotating cylinder is for.

convenience broken au'aynear each end so as disclose the cut-away construction as *iOiEX'tBHd' directly; over pore slots-Y j. Injth1s way the belts of the suction, cyl nder. .The suctioni'cyhns der being'holloxf,'thedrauing shows the slot on the opposite .orfarther side of the rocontact w1.tl1 the-rotating.

[Returning to Fig. 1, it will beseen that the relative eflllfiliglnfi t 'ofthe, L "(5 cylinders effects an'ac'tionanalogolus-to that of avalve; The cylinder J rotates in the direction ofthe andthegbil'lsa The jires ulti is that when .each bill hasr'eachecl'ft he jtopni'osti position,see;

Fig. 1; the'continued iota der and helt'efie'ctfs'a: lateral trans'porti'on o the. bill; the-samendwberhg' carried its edge begi s. to pass the position, and 1 edge-if. .of-the suctio'rrf'c linden-there tullappear an -'openi"spacepermitting-a suction v through the rails of both cylinders. In lfig. w1ll-be"carr1 edjt he: entire*lengtliof the belt l,' t'his space isshown in the act of opening. I

areto be-efiec X represents the foremost-ortopmostbill which has ust' eudratt'nf by the'suction from the column cintofcontacthvlth the belts air will rush into said-opening and: as the rotating cylinder acli-'ances,' the'air will enter in increasing quantities until, when-the opening is at its largest,'tl 1e maximum amount 0 ai'r tends to pass inward. However,- the topmost bill being in close proximity, although not quite in contact with-the rotating cylinde'r,-is afiecte'cl bythe rush of air and is drawn upward toward the rapidly-opening slot, so that before the sauie hasfully'opened the uppermost bill has been drawn into coni and rotatingcyl nder advanced to a pa'rtiall rotatdpos'ition, an K represents. the .bill [ufeceding .K- has reachedthe topmosbposition and .lit 1 S" 1 begun to separate alongwith tact with the rotating cylinder and is there toward the bunehing dev ces. held with a sufficiently powerful frictional I have foundjth'at it is desirable to provrd means tending to hold in proper horizon ll pc-sition'the unc'ounted bills, save the t p most \rhich is to. l)e littecland transferred the cylinder. l-For this purpose I have provided a engagementto prevent displacementand to permit the rotating cylinderto take and transfer-the bill around in aforward and where other operations will take place hereafter to'be described. The opening in the suction cylinden which'is bounded by the line shown at j will preferably be of substantially the-same length as the slots j, although as before stated; 1 do not limit myself to dimensions of openings.

hen the rotation ofcylinder 1 has i brought the slot' 5; to its topmost position, then the "wallof the :suction cvlinder I actpair of a miliarysuction chambers most "of the gu des 0 ends pass through theuall'B and backwardto and thr'oug'l .the, wall of tliemiaiii suction chamber A, so as to .affto'rd a tween the. interior of the auxiliary suction chambers, and the source of suction. "ks seen and their reari'uost Qn;-. awn-1w s npthat for every reyolutmn gficylindgrJ .70'

'plainedtliat for thepurpc-se' of-feinoving the 'arouiidi antl are drivenby-the rotating cyhm "which "willf-he -'desbribed. later oi1 ..1'n- 'th1s A, these belts areshownwith the rotating. cylinder at [are useful in'fpres'entm-gzaFbill from being drawn into the interior .of=.'the,cylinder* 9 the-column cgare' held -1n cylinder-but with I thebelts- -J'- interposedbetweenthe cylinder;

1 109: to a point-at whieh tbeib m opemhqnsa f js willf'lieieinafterappear,

. K representsthe.precedihg bill which has K.- Billfrom' the cylinderpand the belts; vBill K is shown-41's j having been carried part ay along the, belts L L whichiextend"parallel to and alongside A ofthe column of uneounted bills'. -The fora ward ends of theaiixili'ary suctionchambers I are suitably supported at the top. of the foreconnect ion be- '25 the auxiliary suction boxeswo uld operate to a: v m m -in 1, these auxiliarychambers-are suustantially square-incross-section. lhe innermost vertlcal sides of each of. them .is cutaway at- Z, see Fig. 1, the same being shown also in dotted lines'in Fig. 2,' forming asort of horizontal slot which Sextehds preferably be observed that the billsare all horizontal the entire length of thebills tobe counted.

'These openings-or slot's l are permanently. openi'so thata current ofair isconsta'ntly passing inwardly through the same under the influence of, the suction,thei'ein. It will and the general motion of the air-will also be an inward horizontal motion so that the effect is asort ofdragiipon each ofthe bills, orfa tendency to stretch or draw the same at each edge towardthe' auxiliary-suction box.

1vtion and-thus'prevent two-bills being count edat onceg;

Iwill now describe the means whereby the The usefulness of this act-ion is .to obviate any tendency which mightotherwise exist, en the topmostbill is-lifte'd into contact hJcyl-inder J, of the second. bill "lifting withit either-through adhesion, statical electricity or suction existing beLwen theftwo bills; and if the. second bill should slightly rise up underthe. influence just mentioned,

quickly restore it to normal, horizontal posi-v bills are counted as. they are-transferred from the column 0 to tliebunching devices.

A rotatingcam .M -is :fifxed "upoifthe rotating 1 cylinder J Said 'camhas a numberfofcam surfacesm 'preferablythe same as the number of slots 7' They are shown'as being four in number: The action ofithe cam surfacesis peripheral and? their tendency is to' lift and drop the end 1n,'.-ofa leverM; asbest' seen iirFig. 1 where the parts m ancl m are -in dotted lines, The lever M is pivoted at 121 andits farther end is preferably supportedbya spring such as 121 whose purpose is to restore the lever to normal position after each cam surface has'operated. It will be obvious that for each quarter revolutlon of the rotating cylinder-J. one of the cam surfaces-in will, come into play and for ce upwardly the part m'-, thereby throwing the lever M. Said lever is connected by link M with a slide M which slide operates upon of a ratchet wheel X. which forms .part of the counting and regulating device At an I have shown a detent pawl acting upon the ratchet X, this pawl being disposed opposite to the pawl m ,which' uides this ratchet wheel.

In order to adjust the machineforcounting and launching packages ofb1ll sof different sizes I have provided an adjusting means, such for example as an adjustable slide connection between the upper end of link M and the lever )I'. A. set'screw an? serves to make the proper pivoted connection a pawl 11: to effect the progressive rotation between the link and thelever atany of the pointsfiesired alongthelength of thele'ver.

pass over-the minimum number of teeth and 1t Wlll therefore require the maximum numstoppage ofthe' cylinder and the operation of the bunching mechanism; On the other hand, when'the link-M is adjusted to' the extreme left-hand of the lever M the mini-- lVhen the connection between the two is at the extreme right-handend," the pawl will.

berfof cylinder rotations before the ratchet wheel N gets to the point where it eifects'the mum number of bills will be counted before the. launching operation takes place. The ratchet wheel isjmou'nted loosely on 'a sleeve N; Said'sleeveis intended to 1'0-' tate intermittently in a manner that will hereinafter appear. The' ratchet wheel is provided with a coil spring a, one .end of which is fixed to the sleeve h, and theother end is fixed to the. ratchet wheel. The sleeve N, it should be mentioned,- is mounted to revolve freely and merely as a matter of convenience' I have shownlit mounted on the same auxiliary shaft 'k which takes part in driving the bunclnng mechanism, as -will hereafter appear.

Under the influence "-of the pawl m the' vratchet wheel Xgraduallyrotates and this rotation will continue for a half revolution of the ratchetwheel, when it will be brought to a stop bv the following; means: The

ratchet wheel r\ has a face cam X with two inclined surfaces, so thata swinging stop O wh clrhas contact with said face cam, .will

be throwntoward the right to itslfartheb' most position at each half revolution of-the ratchet wheel. Said swinging stop is shown -as' pivoted at -0. to a fixed part of the frame, .froinwhence itextends npw ardly and at its upward end it is bent forwardly ato" for a short distance, as seen in Fig. 2. 'As seen in. Fig. l,'it also has a lug 0 extending toward the left. See also Fig. It is the last mentioned lug 0- which contacts with the inclined surfaces of the face cam X which Figs. 5; and 6. Fig. 6 shows a face view ofit and shows that it consists of two semicircular plate-like pieces, These are secured to the, sleeve N. If is as though athin circular-plate had been secured upon the sleeve and then slitted at diametrically opposite- I points with slits of substantial width as shown at p in dotted lines, Fig. 6. The two faces of 'he p t-te cam P, however, are not stated, the folding springs wrap around the drums as the latterrotate, until the rotation is nearly-completed, when the nature of said springs causes them. to spring upwardly to' thebox R- is corrugated-as at r so asto assist the vertically standing bills in maintaining their position. As the operation of the machine progresses. the quantity of counted bills in the box R keeps increasing, the springs'r meanwhile compressing, and this continues until, for example, one hundred bills have been deposited in the box, at

' which stagethe transferring and counting mechanism comes to a stop as previously explained. It is at this stage that the clutch F is thrown, bringing the shaft 71 into operation andthereby. causing the sectional rack Q to swing to the left. Said-rack is mounted on a shaft Q and itdirectly supports the swinging box R already referred -niember t, Fig. 3, forged or secured to Q to. 1 The result is that the box R is swung downwardly from the position shown in Fig.

1 to a position in'which the bills are fiat or horizontal. In the last named position, the bills are adapted to rest upon a horizontal table Q andwhile resting on the table, the same are adapted to have a fastening band placed around .them and secured so'as to form of the bills a bundle.

' The shaft Q is notcontinuous because it would interfere with the. wrapping of the bandsabout the bunch of bills. The two parts Q Q however, must rotate together, so I have provided a U-shaped connecting so that the two shaft parts are substantially solid. This device can be used because said shaft rotates only a quarter revolution.

The toothed segment Q when rotating strikes against the upper part of lever 71.

thereby throwing said lever and disengaging the clutch which drives the shaft 72?. The

shaft thereby becomes idle and remains so while the bills are secured into a bundle.

S represents the band-carrying table which will be seen to be located'toone side and below the table Q .but parallel'therewith.

. The bands 8 are shown in dotted lines in Fig.3. Theyv are stacked horizontally upon the table S. Said table S is capable of moving up and down guided by the wall S and supported upon springs S tending to push the stack of bands upwardly; Said springs at the lower ends are secured to the upper part of a fixed standard S The topmost of the bands is transferred from the tables to the table Q while the box R is swinging downward. To assist this a cover S is pro vided, the same being located above the stack -of bands and secured to the walls S, and

between the cover and the walls, is a narrow. space sufficiently large to permit a couple of pushers, s to enter'and push one ofthe bands horizontally to the left, Fig.3. There is also an opening. or slit at the opposite side just beneath the cover S said opening being large enough to permit only the topmost of the bands to be passed through, upon which the band will take its place upon the table Q prior to the depositing upon said table offthe counted bills which are a swinging downwardly with the box R.

The pushers s are joined together and form a sort of fork, which fork is pivotally attached at the upper end of a lever Said lever a swings about a fixed pivot at its lower end as best seen in Fig. 2. and at an intermediate point it has pivotally secured to it, a second lever 8 Lever s is pivotally secured at a to the segmental gea'r- Q, see Fig. 1, so that the rotation of the latter op erates the levers s and s to actuate the fork s in the manner described.

I will now describe the manner in which the band a which rests upon table Q is wrapped and secured around the counted bills. A vertically sliding box T is so an rangedthat its vertical sides t t can encompass the column of counted bills, but in its normal position the box T is at such a low point that the extreme upper edges of its sides are no higher than the top of the table Q and are preferably flush with it. The sides of said box are each composed of two parts, the upper'parts t i being hinged at t to the lower parts, and springs t are pro vided, whose tendency is to fold the parts 6' 25 toward each other. Normally, however, said parts are maintained in their ver-' tical position-by the sides of the table Q The box T is intended to be movedupwardly and' downwardly, and to cause. its upward and downward movement is shown a rack T, which is rigidly secured to the box T and which at its lower end slides through and is guided by a slide-way T The pinion t engages the rack T, said pinion being mounted on a shaft t upon which are also mounted two clutch parts t t. The clutch part If is loose upon the shaft 2 and is provided with a sprocket wheel engaged by a sprocket chain it that passes upwardly around a sprocket wheel which is fast upon the sleeve 7a. already mentioned. The'other clutch part t -is keyed upon the shaft 6 so as to be capableof sliding thereon and the same is engaged by a fork at the x loweriend 0f the lever it", already men tioned;. so that Whensaid lever is thrown it most-or horrzontal'posltlon;

can cause the engagement of the clutch partsgtfl t thereby effecting the rotation of, .shazft t and the elevation of the box T.- This operation will takeplace at the time already mentioned when the segmental .gear

Q," has ceased rotating and has thrown the le ver h At this stage the bills contained in the swm ing box It ,Willbe-in their downflhe rising up or the box T- has the new:

"ing result-. The upper portion t of the-side of the box at a pointslightly lower than the point at which the part t is hinged. As the box T ascends and the-parts t t 'riseon either side of the pile 1 of counted bills,

they will reach a point at which the-springs t? are capable but owing. to its length Will project laterally of operating. Saidsprings will then cause theparts t tttto-foldinwardly toward each other; I Look-Ting at Fig. 3, the topmost of-the secured bands' vhich has beenshifted onto the table.Q ,;-i s'marked s Said band, will of course underlie'the pile'of countedbills,

at either side. When theltable T rises, the walls-11:1 tithereof come upagainstJ t-he bot-- tomface-Zof the securingfband, causing the ends of said band to turn orifold sharply upf in] and down, so that the bills ;:In folding inward and downward the parts t 'a'nd t The result of the above described oper a- -;tion "is that thdsecuringjuband which origi- ,na-lly underlay. the pile of counted-bills is Wrapped jiaround and downw ard, the two -end's fof -the bandbein-g'c'aused to overlap each other on; the .top of the pile of bills.

or gluedtogether, and 1113376 sho'Wn'a mois Y .tenen t fagainst 'which'the end of each band already "covered with adhesive, w ill rub 'while being Wrappedaround the counted bills, and

being'pressed into place, the same will ad ,hereQ-The pHlIHDg'Ql gluingican be done 1 [after the parts 1 4'," t have beenreopened, the

operator holding the" compressed-bills down andrebending"andsecuring the band ends.

j As a; convenience',-l' liave also shown a lian.- dl'ej T which the operator may graspto cause-the box-T to resuf ie its original position', and so that he can. remove the bundled and-jsecured p ckage-pt counted hills. 0t

@flSBii-fihisrestoring of the box. -T to its T is' hinged to the lower portion 'Fig. 1 which maybe done by hand or a to ati'ord a minimum f will carry With them the ends of. thesecuring band.

an'ism 'describedisseen in persp'ec} tive' in Fig. A. Whenthe bands are folded down .as "de s cribed ,zt-he same should be pinned original position and the removal of the.

packages of bills may be affected automatically by easily devised mechanism,

hen the parts t" t have folded downwardlv over the top of the column otcoiinte-dbills, it will be seen from Fig. 3 that the same are securely. held in place and the swinging boxes R may be rotated upwardly again to their original vertical position.

This is because'the bills being flexible, their turbing them.

- 1n -order to return the boxes ends can slip out of the bones R without disto original position, Ihave provided a bevel I gear u mounted on a jvertical stationary axis, and which permanently engages a second bevel g8iI lt'- which is permanently fixed .to

the shaft It; Fast upon. the sleeve is 'a third bevel arranged to engag'c and disengage with the'gear u when 521. slceve'is' slid back and forth on'the shaft when said sleeve-is slid toward the right, lever added for that purpose, causing the. bevel Now gearsto engage,it-wi'lloeseenthattheshaft lzi will rotate in, a direction opposite to that of itsprevious rotation. The ett'ec't will be to reverse the action' of the worm Q, and segmental gear Q,thereby causing said gear to upwardly, at which stage the rotation at shaft if is to be stopped.

'.Tlhe'niodification in Figt? is. merely one "showing a 'ditlercnt means of raising the column of u ncounted bills (5 V represents a belt which of metal or'stifF'leathe-r:or the like, and to said belt is secured a table V in such a. way that said table will maintain-a horizoi'itul positionasit rises-With the-b.elt.-

Having described my; invention. I-desirc,

=without lii niting myself, to' ;-the precise details shown, to claim the same as follows -1. 1 i1 COunting'mach1ne,-;a support-adapted. to receive and sustain a-colunni of un' countedshe ets, .means adjacent to the top. of

said fc'olumn whereby said sheets are adapted to be removed therefrom one at a time, a

suction box adjacent to and below the top of said column whereby the removal of more th'a-n'one sheet at a time 13 prevented, and a counting mecl'iani-smactuated bysaid sheet removing device;

"2. 111 a counti g machinda support adapt edto receive and susta n a column of uncounted sheets, a suction device'adjacent to the top of said column whereby said sheets are adapted to be removed therefrom one at a time, a suction bonadjacent to and below the top of saidcoluninwhereby the removal of. more thanone sheet at-a time is prevented, and a counting. mechanism actuated by said sheet removing device. In acounti'ng i'nachine,a support adapted to receive and sustain a column of uncountcd sheets, means ad acent to the top of .niav be made".

*inov'eto wa-rd the right, swinging the. box 1}- said column whereby said sheets are adapted tobe removed therefrom ,one\at a time, a

suction-box adjacent to and below the top of said, column whereby the removal of more than one sheet at a time is prevented,

means constantly evacuating air from said suction box, and a counting mechanism ac- I tuated by said sheet removing device.

c 4. In a counting machine, a support adapted to receive and sustaln a-column of uncounted sheets, a suction device adjacentto the top of said column whereby said sheets are adapted to be removed therefrom one at a time, a suction box adjacent to and below the top of said column wherebythe removal of more-than one sheet at a time is pre vented, means constantly evacuating air from said suction box, and a counting mechanism actuated by said sheet removing device,

5. A counting and segregating machine for currency bills or the like having a count- -ing mechanism driven by, and assembled in combinationwith, the following mechanism: a hollow member adapted to be'continuously driven; a support for supporting a quantity of unconut ed'objects with the foremost object in proximity to said hollow member,

' said member having a slot, and means for maintainlng suction 'w'ithln said member whereby the suction may act upon the foremost object through such slot and such obslots in said cylinder whereby the foremost object is adapted to be drawn into contact with said cylinder and rotated with it to a point removed from, said support, and a pair of auxiliary suction boxes acting substantially as described at opposite edges of uncountedobjects to insure that none but the foremost be removed.

7. A feeding mechanism comprising in combination a support for a quantity of uncounted objects, a hollow slottedrotating cylinder in proximity to the foremost object, a hollow suction cylinder Within the rotating cylinder, a source of suction, and means for rotating said rotating cylinder; the wall of said inner cylinder being partly cut away so as to cooperate with a slot in said rotating cylinder whereby said slot will open when it comes to the foremostuncounted object and close after said object has been rotated with said rotating cylinder to a removed point, and a pair of auxiliary suction boxes acting substantially as described atopposite edges of uncounted objects to insure that none but theforemost be removed. 8. A feeding mechanism comprising in combination a main suction chamber, a hollow rotating member for engaging and removing by suction the forcmost of a series of uncounted objects, means for driving said member, means connecting the interior thereof with said chamber, and a pair of oppositely disposed auxiliary chambers connecting with said main chamber and adapted by suction to insure that none but the foremost of the uncounted. objects be removed by said .member. a

. In witness whereof I have hereunto set. my hand, this 5th day of October, 1908.

ARTHURVON BARTH. lVitnesses ELIZABETH B. KING, V. A. TOWNER, Jr. 

